Progress on the lnu lightning complex. Sky 7 was over vacaville, earlier this evening. This is damage on oak canyon lane. At least 978 structures have been destroyed. More than 356,000, containment. Cal fire shifted a lot of its focus to lake countys middle town, Hidden Valley lake and lower lake. Its an area thats been hit multiple times in several years. And this report for us a short time ago. Flames shooting into the smoky air along the hillside of butts canyon road southeast of middletown. A site that is one of the main fire focuses for cal fire. I honestly expected cal fire to buckle and just get overwhelmed by it. They have held up, remarkably well. In fact, on tuesday, some firefighters sprayed the hillside with water. Others took to the air, dropping fire retardant. This is an area where homes have burned in the past. Theres now hope that wont happen, again. There is a little bit of deaa vu. But what are you going to do . The human condition is to power through. So you cant la
The day trying to determine if homes are still standing. She joins us now from davenprt. Stephanie . Its been an emotional week for people trying to see if their home is still there. We visited the Civic Auditorium just east of us that has been at full capacity for seven days in a row. Its one of the dozen shelters taking evacuees in. Its just south of here where we met many families. You notice that haze that stretches through the mountain significantly better than 48 hours ago. Their homes are in the middle of the fire zone, and all they can do now is wait. These are like tears of joy, tears of sorrow, because its very bittersweet. Its very sweet that my family is okay. Reporter Kathy Azevedo is living through the pain of simply not knowing. All you can do is take one day at a time and just be thankful for what is, you know, instead of what was. You really cant look back. Reporter mourning the thought of losing everything, she sat in her car praying for her family, her parents and he
Front lines tomorrow. And, at the same time, the weather is cooperating, pitching in with cooler temperatures and higher humidity. The Better Weather is helping firefighters with containment. Right now, the scu lightning complex is 20 contained. The czu lightning complex in santa cruz and san mateo counties is 19 contained and the lnu lightning complex in the north bay is 27 contained. Firefighters made steady progress on the lnu lightning complex. Sky 7 was over vacaville, earlier this evening. This is damage on oak canyon lane. At least 978 structures have been destroyed. More than 356,000, containment. Cal fire shifted a lot of its focus to lake countys middle town, Hidden Valley lake and lower lake. Its an area thats been hit multiple times in several years. And this report for us a short time ago. Flames shooting into the smoky air along the hillside of butts canyon road southeast of middletown. A site that is one of the main fire focuses for cal fire. I honestly expected cal fire